Controllers MCE06ADV – MCE12ADV
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Page 1: ...POWER FACTOR REGULATORS MCE06ADV MCE12ADV Instructions Manual...
Page 2: ...Controllers MCE06ADV MCE12ADV 1...
Page 3: ...8 4 INSTALLATION AND START UP 9 4 1 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS 9 4 2 DEVICE INSTALLATION 10 4 2 1 Mechanical Installation 10 4 2 2 Connections 10 4 2 3 Cabling cross sections and protections 11 4 2 4...
Page 4: ...terminals have been properly connected A defective earth connection may cause a wrong operation of equipment and involves a danger of electric shock to the user or system operator Maintenance must be...
Page 5: ...ch the required PF compensation Moreover the program assigns the capacitor stages to be connected or disconnected using a FIFO criterion FIFO First IN first OUT that way the times of use of all stages...
Page 6: ...cos sometimes called Displacement Power Factor DPF in a supply network and control the connection and disconnection of power capacitors in order to regulate such parameter The difference between the t...
Page 7: ...panel shows the following items Fig 3 1 Front cover and screen NOTE The set up procedure the description of different parameters and the different control modes are described in detail in the SET UP...
Page 8: ...th the navigation keys and is indicated by the cursor 3 3 Errors and ERROR messages In case that the regulator detects a possible error the front screen shows an error code The possible error codes ar...
Page 9: ...accept configuration changes Manual connection of capacitor stages If this key is pushed for more than 1s the regulator starts connecting new steps in a sequential mode respecting the adjusted connect...
Page 10: ...n 1 5mm 2 Supply circuit protection By means of a 0 5 to 2A fuse gl type Current measurement circuit Terminals A B External Current Transformer CT Current ratio In 5 To be placed preferably in phase L...
Page 11: ...side the equipment cabinet MCExxADV devices require current sensing of the installation A current transformer CT must be installed externally to perform this function Usually the current ratio of the...
Page 12: ...V P1 P2 Fig 4 2 Connection schematic for MCE06ADV N Terminals functions A Current input S1 B Current input S2 COM Relays common 1 Relay Output 1 2 Relay Output 2 3 Relay Output 3 4 Relay Output 4 5 Re...
Page 13: ...smaller capacitor step kvar For conditions other than those given in table 5 1 the paragraph 5 13 shows a simple calculation to obtain the C K value See also foot NOTE Table 5 1 C K factor according t...
Page 14: ...ngs Taking as base the power of the smaller capacitor stage the powers of the rest of stages can be given in terms of multiples of the smaller step Then we could state the configuration configuration...
Page 15: ...tween 0 7 and 1 Table 5 3 Phase shift options in MCExxADV Screen V I phase shift at cos 1 V measured in phases CT placed in phase T1 30 L3 L2 L3 T2 270 L3 L2 L1 T3 150 L3 L2 L2 T4 210 L3 L2 L3 P1 P2 o...
Page 16: ...C K Program Delay times Nr of stages CT phase CT primary current 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 IMPORTANT While the device is in set up mode if there isn t any key pushing for more than 3 minutes th...
Page 17: ...equentially connect the different steps following the normal program and respecting the delay time ton set in the set up procedure long Manual disconnection of capacitor stages Keep the key pushed dur...
Page 18: ...gh the regulation may be wrong the device tries to regulate the PF normally Overvoltage The measured voltage is 15 above rated voltage Possible causes Connection to a wrong supply voltage Alarm relay...
